Joseph Nickson

Joseph
Nickson

Senior Environment TD & Digital Matte Painter — procedural worlds, matte paintings and full-CG environments for film, TV & games.

Framestore · Apple TV+ · Netflix · Warner Bros. · Axis · Riot ↓ Work

Selected Work

Take Me Higher2.5D · auto-layered from estimated depth
Wicked: For Good2.5D · auto-layered from estimated depth

Works

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About

Glasgow · open for commission, 2026
Approach

Senior artist working across the 2D–3D divide — full-CG environment builds for film, TV and games. Most recently at Framestore on How to Train Your Dragon, Wicked: For Good and Wonka; before that, leading matte painting at Axis Studios on Love, Death & Robots and other shows.

I create the pipeline tools that link artists' work between departments, drawing on years as an illustrator and concept artist — from custom Photoshop plugins to procedural Houdini setups that keep big environments fast to dress and easy to art-direct.

Toolset
3D / DCC

HoudiniNukePhotoshopUnrealSubstance

Code

PythonVEXJavaScript

Contact

Commissions · collaborations · full-time
Joseph@nickson.work